Moreover this may well be a breach of policy, TOS and even law. On 31 March 2015 at 01:15, Oliver Keyes <[email protected]> wrote:
> So, let me get this right: > > 1. You announced that, as David puts it, noting anonymous IPs is the > same as all-the-NSA-stuff-ever; > 2. People disputed it, but suggested you go form local consensus that > this was problematic or participate in efforts to improve how we mask > and handle data if that doesn't work for you; > 3. You decided that this was hard and a satirical breaching experiment > would be more enjoyable? > > I'm...really not sure how this could possibly seem like a constructive > way to go about solving for this problem, to you. Andrew Gray's advice > is good advice, and still stands. > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 6:43 PM, Robert Rohde <[email protected]> wrote: > > So, you are offering a prize equivalent to US $2.50? Not exactly an > > inspirational amount of money (though perhaps that is the point). > > > > -Robert Rohde > > > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Brian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I'm sure many of you recall the Netflix Prize > >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix_Prize>. This is that, for > Wikipedia! > >> > >> Although the initial goal of the Netflix Prize was to design a > >> collaborative filtering algorithm, it became notorious when the data was > >> used to de-anonymize Netflix users. Researchers proved that given just a > >> user's movie ratings on one site, you can plug those ratings into > another > >> site, such as the IMDB. You can then take that information, and with > some > >> Google searches and optionally a bit of cash (for websites that sell > user > >> information, including, in some cases, their SSN) figure out who they > are. > >> You could even drive up to their house and take a selfie with them, or > >> follow them to work and meet their boss and tell them about their views > on > >> the topics they were editing. > >> > >> Here, we'll cut straight to the privacy chase. Using just the full > history > >> dump of the English Wikipedia, excluding edits from any logged-in users, > >> identify five people. You must confirm their identities with them, and > >> privately prove to me that you've done this. I will then nominate you as > >> the winner and send you one million Satoshis (the smallest unit of > Bitcoin, > >> times 1 million), in addition to updating this thread. > >> > >> I suspect this challenge will be very easy for anyone who is determined. > >> Indeed, even if MediaWiki no longer displayed IP addresses, there would > >> still be enough information to identify people. Completely getting rid > of > >> the edit history would largely solve the problem. In the mean time, this > >> Prize will serve as a reminder that when Wikipedia says "Your IP address > >> will be publicly visible if you make any edits." what they mean is, > "People > >> will probably be able to figure out where you live and embarrass you." > >> > >> An extra million Satoshis for each NSA employee that you identify. A > full > >> bitcoin if you take a selfie with them. > >> > >> Let the games begin! > >> > >> Brian Mingus > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > >> [email protected] > >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > >> <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Landline (UK) 01780 757 250 Mobile (UK) 0798 1995 792 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
